Joining metallic roofing-tiles.



PATENTED MAR. s, 1903.

B. L. QUINN. JOINING METALLIC ROOFING TILES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 1902. I

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN LEE QUINN, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

JOINING METALLIC ROOFING-TILES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 721,967, dated March3, 1903.

Application filed June 16, 1902. Serial No. 112,011. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN LEE QUINN, of the city of Los Angeles, in thecounty of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Joining Metal Roofing-Tiles, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description or specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the lettersmarked thereon.

This invention relates to certain improvements in the joints of what aredesignated or known as metallic roofing-tiles; and it consists ashereinafter described with reference to the annexed sheet of drawings,in which Figure 1 is plan of a portion of a roof, showing a joint ofmetallic roofing-tiles constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 isa section of same on the line a a, Fig. 1, and drawn as looked at in thedirection of the arrow X drawn beneath Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end viewcorresponding to Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a section on a larger scale thanFigs. 1, 2, and 3, also, like Fig. 2, drawn in the direction of thearrow X beneath Fig. 1, showing the joint with its several parts inexaggerated proportions,for the reason that the metal of which themetallic roofing-tiles are made is too thin to be capable of showing theconstruction of the joint when drawn to the actual thickness of themetal of which such tiles are made. Fig. 5 is a plan of the lowerright-hand corner of a metallic roofing-tile with a portion of theupturned edge thereof cut away. Fig. 6 is a plan of the lower left-handcorner of the tile, showing the slit therein which enables the portionof the flat edge below the slit to be bent slightly downward and placedunder the lower right-hand corner of the adjacent tile. Fig. 7 is an endview corresponding to Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is an end view corresponding toFig. 6. Fig. 9 is an end View showing the parts illustrated,respectively, by Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8 united. Fig. 10 is a plan, on anenlarged scale, showing the adjacent parts of two tiles in a row and aportion of the lower row of tiles, also the cleat by which the severaltiles of the rows are held closely and permanently together.

In the figures the lower row of tiles is marked A and the adjacent partsof the upper row of tiles A and A, respectively. The

lower part of the upturned edge X of the lefthand tile A is cut out, asshown more especially at Fig. 5 and dotted in Fig. 4, to admit of thatportion of the righthand tile A (marked Y, Figs. 4, 6, 8, and 9)situated below the slit W in the flat overlap C(shown in Fig. 6) to bebent, as shown at'Figs. 8 and 9, and to be passed beneath the cornerportion of the fiat surface E of the right-hand tile A. When the tiles Aand A" are placed together, as shown at Fig. 9, and also placed so thattheir lower edge at the joint rests upon the cleat, (marked F in Figs.1, 2, 3, and 4,) each cleat is fastened by rivets O to the flat space Gof the lower row of tiles A in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4. Then the uprightpart of the cleat F is bent over or upon the jointed parts of theadjacent tiles A and A, and this cleat F when thus bent over holds theadjacent tiles A and A of the upper row of tiles to the lower row oftiles A without these parts being nailed to the purlins B of the roof.

Having now described the nature of my said invention and the bestsystem, mode, or manner I am at present acquainted with for carrying thesame into practical effect, I desire to observe, in conclusion, thatwhat 1 consider novel and original, and therefore claim as the inventionto be secured to me by Letters Patent, is as follows:

The new or improved joint for metallic roofing-tiles, consisting of thelowest part of the adjacent tiles of any row of tiles being slit, sothat the part below the slit in one of the tiles may be placed beneaththe fiat part of the lower edge of the adjacent tile, and

these two parts of any adjacent tiles in arow fastened to the row oftiles beneath, by means of the cleat secured to the row of tiles beneathbeing bent over the overlapping parts of the adjacent tiles, in themanner and for the purposes substantially as hereinbefore described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 7th dayof April, A. D. 1902, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWIN LEE QUINN.

